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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Francisco and Jacinta – Designs of Mercy

“The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy on you.”

Today, we consider Francisco and Jacinta, the two youngest saints of Fatima. As we discussed in our earlier post, “The Promise”,

Francisco saw the Blessed Virgin
perfectly, but did not hear Her words. He only understood the questions
of Lúcia. As for Jacinta, who saw and heard everything, she never
brought herself to speak to the apparition. Thus Lúcia was the only one
to have the privilege of speaking with Her.” … “Young and quite small,
the Queen of Heaven also came very close to (the) three children. For a
pedestal She had chosen a little holm oak, about a metre high. ‘We were
so close’, writes Lúcia , ‘that we found ourselves in the light
surrounding Her, or rather emanating from Her, about a metre and a half
away, more or less.’ (from Sister Lucia’s Fourth Memoir)

In 1916, St. Michael the Archangel, the Angel of Fatima had told the
children, “The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy on you”,
but it was not until Our Lady began to appear that they perceived the
true meaning of “designs of mercy”. By the time of Our Lady’s third
visit, July 13, 1917, it was becoming clearer, and by then, Francisco
could say emphatically, “What I want is to go to Heaven!” This eagerness
for Heaven recalls St. Bernadette of Lourdes, who said of Our Lady,
“She was so beautiful that after seeing Her once one would be willing to
die to see Her again!”

That Great Light Which Is God

Although Francisco was never able to hear the words of Our Lady, he
was very astute in recognising many essential aspects of the
apparitions:

“He was very impressed by the reflection
of light… At the time, he did not seem to understand what was happening,
perhaps because it was not given to him to hear the accompanying words
of Our Lady. For this reason, he asked later: ‘Why did Our Lady have a
heart in Her hand, spreading out all over the world that great light
which is God?’

“Sometimes he said: ‘These people are so
happy just because you told them that Our Lady wants the Rosary said,
and that you are to learn to read! How would they feel if they only knew
what She showed to us in God, in Her Immaculate Heart, in that great
light.’ ” (Lucia per Frère Michel, The Whole Truth About Fatima, Vol I)

And so we know that Francisco understood that the great light which
the Blessed Virgin poured forth on them was the Light of God, that is,
was God, as Francisco expressed it. This alone should give us great
comfort for by this we understand that our Eternal Father has granted to
the Blessed Virgin to bring us also to this Light in time of darkness.

“When Lucia told him that Our Lady had
promised that she would take him to heaven, but that he must first say
many rosaries, Francisco exclaimed, “Oh, my dear Our Lady! I’ll say as
many rosaries as you want!” And from then on, he made a habit of moving
away from us, as though going for a walk. When we called him and asked
him what he was doing, he raised his hand and showed me his rosary. If
we told him to come and play, and say the Rosary with us afterwards, he
replied: “I’ll pray then as well. Don’t you remember that Our Lady said
I must pray many Rosaries?” (Father Cirrincione, Venerable Francisco
Marto of Fatima, Kindle Edition, TAN Books)

Console your God!

Even in 1916, at the Cabeco, the Angel had called them to make
reparation for the offenses against the Eucharistic Jesus and to console
Him. … “Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly
outraged by ungrateful men. Make reparation for their crimes and console
your God.”
From the time of the first apparition of Our Lady, Frère Michel
tells us, Francisco, who had a contemplative and tender heart, was
continually dominated by just one sentiment: The Blessed Virgin and God
Himself are infinitely sad; we must console Them.

“The life of little Francisco was marked
by this stupefying revelation, this revelation of the Heart of God, this
sadness which is the highest and unmistakable mark of His love for us.
This is the great message Francisco bequeaths to us.”

“I loved seeing the Angel, but I loved still more seeing Our Lady.
What I loved most of all was to see Our Lord in that light from Our Lady
which penetrated our hearts. I love God so much! But He is so sad
because of so many sins! We must never commit any sins again!”

Prayer and Sacrifice

In his very brief life, Francisco understood the necessity of prayer
and sacrifice. Lucia tells us that when Francisco prayed, he preferred
to withdraw from them. “I prefer praying by myself, so that I can think
and console Our Lord, who is so sad.”
Francisco young as he was, understood very well that to be effective,
prayer must be accompanied by sacrifice, for both are necessary to
console God for sins. To sacrifice ourselves means, before all else, to
accept all the sufferings which God sends us: “From time to time,
Francisco used to say: “Our Lady told us that we would have much to
suffer, but I don’t mind. I’ll suffer all that She wishes! What I want
is to go to Heaven!”
Lucia recounts that it was Francisco who urged them on to greater
solitude and prayer and due to his influence, after the last apparition,
they marked the 13th of every month by seeking the solitude of the
Cabeco for hours and hours of prayer as the Angel had taught them.
Only 18 months passed from the October 13th apparition until
Francisco’s death. Lucia recalls Francisco saying “Soon Jesus will come
to look for me to take me to Heaven with Him, and then I will be with
Him always to see Him and console Him. What happiness! ” And while he
waited, Francisco never missed an opportunity to stay with his “Hidden
Jesus” in the Tabernacle. Lucia tells us,

“Sometimes on the way to school, before
we reached Fatima, Francisco would say to me: “Listen! While you go to
school, I’ll stay with the Hidden Jesus. It’s not worth it for me to
learn to read. Soon I will go to Heaven. When you come back, come and
look for me here.”

She noted that when she stopped in on her way home from school, he would be right where she left him, praying.

The Spanish Flu

About October 1918, both Francisco, 10, and Jacinta, 8, came down
with influenza followed by pneumonia. After a few weeks both children
seemed to recover, but by December, they fell ill again. Francisco was
especially hard hit but told Lucia, “I am suffering to console Our Lord,
and afterwards within a short time, I am going to heaven.”
In her Memoirs, Lucia recalled, “During his illness, he suffered with
heroic patience, without ever letting the slightest moan or the least
complaint escape his lips. One day, shortly before his death, I asked
him: “Are you suffering a lot, Francisco?” “Yes, but I suffer it all for
love of Our Lord and Our Lady.”
Since Jacinta had recovered somewhat, she spent her days at
Francisco’s bedside. One day, when Lucia visited them, Jacinta told her
that “Our Lady came to see us and she said that she would come to take
Francisco soon, to take him to Heaven!”
Frère Michel takes care to point out Francisco’s heroic sanctity:
“The wonderful promise of Our Lady demanded on his part an act of heroic
love, an act which is so contrary to nature, and consists in making the
sacrifice of our own life. If there were moments of luminous joy and
luminous hope, there were other moments when all feelings of joy
disappeared: at those times he saw nothing but the sacrifices he had to
accept to fulfill God’s designs.”

Consoling the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Francisco never lost sight of his goal, to console the Hearts of
Jesus and Mary for sins. As he felt the end approaching, Francisco told
Lucia, “It won’t be long now till I go to Heaven. When I’m there, I’m
going to console Our Lord and Our Lady very much. Jacinta is going to
pray a lot for sinners, for the Holy Father and for you. You will stay
here, because Our Lord wants it that way. Listen, you must do everything
that She tells you.”
Although Francisco very much preferred to be alone in his prayers,
there was no turning away the many neighbors who insisted on sitting
quietly at his bedside. Lucia tells us that invariably the visitors
remarked that they felt in Francisco’s quiet presence as if they were in
church. Lucia thoughtfully concluded about this,

“I am not surprised that people felt like
that, being accustomed to finding in everyone else only the
preoccupation with material things which goes with an empty, superficial
life. Indeed, the very sight of these children was enough to draw their
minds to our Heavenly Mother, with whom the children were believed to
be in communication; to eternity, for they saw how eager, joyful and
happy they were at the thought of going there; to God, for they said
that they loved Him more than their own parents; and even to hell, for
the children warned them that people would go there if they continued to
commit sin.”

And so we see the effect that Francisco’s sanctity had on others,
calling to mind, the eternal realities, Blessed Virgin Mary, God,
Death, Heaven and Hell. This dear readers, is the result of true
Catholic witness to the faith: not in “accompanying” sinners in
persistent sin!

In the End, Triumph

At last, Francisco realized that the end was imminent and requested
that his father, Ti Marto, go to ask Father Ferreira to come for the
last rites. On the way, Ti Marto was in anguish as he prayed the Rosary,
dreading the priest’s refusal. For Father Ferreira had refused Holy
Communion to Francisco just this past May, on the pretext that Francisco
was uncertain on a point of the Creed. Ti Marto remembered his son’s
bitter tears at that time; nevertheless, this time Father Ferreira did
agree and returned immediately with Ti Marto.
While this was going on, the three children prepared for Francisco’s
confession by scouring their memories for any sins Francisco may not
have confessed. Francisco begged his sister and Lucia to pray that the
priest give him Holy Communion this time, for the prior refusal still
stung him. Lucia reported that afterwards, Francisco was radiant with
joy as Father Ferreira had not only heard his confession, but had
promised to bring Jesus to him in Holy communion the next morning.
April 3 was a beautiful spring morning and when Francisco heard the
sound of the little bell that alerted of the priest’s approach with the
Blessed Sacrament, he attempted to raise himself but his weakness made
that small task impossible. His Godmother Teresa, who had come to
witness his Holy Communion, assured him it was permissible to receive
his Eucharistic King lying down and Francisco rested calmly.
Near his bed, Lucia and Jacinta knelt and watched with sadness and
holy jealousy, for they knew that Jesus was coming to take their beloved
Francisco to Heaven. Francisco remained motionless with his eyes closed
for a long time after receiving Our Lord. Eventually he asked, “Will
Father bring me the Hidden Jesus once again?” Although his mother
Olimpia was doubtful, Francisco was radiantly joyful. He told them, “I
am happier than you are, because I have the Hidden Jesus within my
heart. I’m going to Heaven, but I’m going to pray very much to Our Lord
and Our Lady for Them to bring you both there soon.”
Lucia recalled, “That day I spent almost the whole night by his
bedside with Jacinta. Since he could no longer pray, he asked us to
recite the Rosary for him.”

Til We Meet in Heaven

“That night I said goodbye to him. “Goodbye, Francisco! If you go to
Heaven tonight, don’t forget me when you get there, do you hear me?”
“No, I won’t forget. Be sure of that.”
Then, seizing my right hand, he held it tightly for a long time,
looking at me with tears in his eyes. “Do you want anything more?” I
asked him, with tears running down my cheeks, too. “No!” he answered in a
low voice, quite overcome. As the scene was becoming so moving, my aunt
told me to leave the room. “Goodbye then, Francisco! Til we meet in
Heaven, goodbye! …”
Francisco Marto passed from his vale of tears at 10 a.m. on a First Friday, the 4th of April, 1919.
We have the word of our Blessed Mother herself that Francisco Marto,
who prayed many Rosaries, is with her in Heaven , where he no doubt is
joined by his sister Jacinta and his cousin Lucia, consoling the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary for all eternity, “their souls … loved by God as flowers placed by Our Lady to adorn His throne.” *

* “Yes,
I will take Jacinta and Francisco soon. But you are to stay here some
time longer. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make me known and loved.
He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.I
promise salvation to those who embrace it and their souls will be loved
by God as flowers placed by myself to adorn His throne.”... “Don’t
lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your
refuge and the path that leads you to God.” June 13, 1917, Our Lady of
the Rosary at Fatima.

The material for the article above is taken from Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité’s “The Whole Truth About Fatima, Volumes I (here) and II (here)” and from Father Cirrincione’s “Venerable Francisco Marto of Fatima“, Kindle Edition, TAN Books.

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Go forth confidently then, you knights, and repel the foes of the cross of Christ with a stalwart heart. Know that neither death nor life can separate you from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, and in every peril repeat, "Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." What a glory to return in victory from such a battle! How blessed to die there as a martyr! Rejoice, brave athlete, if you live and conquer in the Lord; but glory and exult even more if you die and join your Lord. Life indeed is a fruitful thing and victory is glorious, but a holy death is more important than either. If they are blessed who die in the Lord, how much more are they who die for the Lord!

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Once he finds himself in the thick of battle, this knight sets aside his previous gentleness, as if to say, "Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord; am I not disgusted with your enemies?" These men at once fall violently upon the foe, regarding them as so many sheep. No matter how outnumbered they are, they never regard these as fierce barbarians or as awe-inspiring hordes. Nor do they presume on their own strength, but trust in the Lord of armies to grant them the victory.

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